Africare-assisted countries since 1970
Africare specializes in Africa. We address a wide range of core problems faced by the African people. And we've worked in 36 countries, in all the major regions of the continent.
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Egypt
Africare's involvement in Egypt began in 1981, with a donation of medical supplies and equipment to the Ministry of Health for use by hospitals and rural clinics in need. In 1996, Africare began assisting the nation in a large-scale endeavor to "reclaim" 28,000 acres of desert land in Wadi El Saayda — making it farmable through irrigation and soil enhancement, making it habitable through the construction of settlements and then recruiting several hundred young, previously unemployed farmers to bring the area to life. Several agencies, lead among them the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, were involved in the Wadi El Saayda project. Africare's assistance included farmer training, equipment maintenance, credit, export promotion, and more. New settlers learned the best farming techniques and how to earn income from farming. That program ended in 2004.
Currently, Africare has no programs in Egypt.
Of every
Africare dollar ...
91¢ goes to
program services in Africa
Just 9¢ goes to administration
Africare is a private, charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Tax ID# 237116952.
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